Places

Date: 1973 - 1893

From: [Various artists] :Three panoramas. Christchurch, Avon Fine Prints, 1973.

By: Cockerell, E A, active 1890s

Reference: D-001-015

Description: View from the lower end of The Terrace, looking down into the Aro Valley and Te Aro Flat and across towards Mount Victoria, Oriental Bay and the Miramar Peninsula. Part of the Thorndon end of the city can be seen on the left. Courtenay Place runs away from the viewer in the centre of the scene, with Marjoribanks Street moving up Mount Victoria. The gasometers on both sides of Courtenay Place show clearly. On the far right is Wellington College Issued with descriptive text sheet. First published as a coloured chromolithograph in the Christmas issue of the Weekly graphic, 1893 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 261 x 745 mm on sheet 427 x 890 mm

Date: 2005

Reference: MSCD-4905

Description: Computer disc of 47 seconds advertising a 2005 prom night at the Establishment Bar in Courtenay Place. Cover shows a photograph of a view of a locker corridor in a high school. CD insert reads "NOTICE TO ALL PUPILS: CANWEST HIGH CLASS OF '05 PROM NIGHT. 1st December, 6 til late, The Establishment Bar and Restaurant Courtenay Place, City" Quantity: 1 optical disk(s). Physical Description: Computer CD, diameter 120 mm. in clear plastic case

Date: 2011

By: Mermaid Bar (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-TAVERN-2011-01

Description: Flier in the form of a banknote showing a scantily-clad model in a semi-prone position. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Digital print on flier, 76 x 159 mm. Provenance: Collected by a staff member from beside an automatic teller in Courtenay Place, August 2011.

Date: [ca 1940-1950]

Reference: PAColl-6906

Description: 8 images of hotels including one of Porirua Hotel in the distance beyond a scattering of houses, a small church and a Shell station. Three are of a bad tram accident at the corner of Webb Street and Taranaki Street where a Thorndon tram went right through the premises adjacent to the Napier-Wellington Transport Co Ltd. Police and passers-by are looking on and workmen are trying to clear the debris. The last image is of what may be a nurses' hostel at Wellington Hospital. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-045211 to 045222 Quantity: 10 b&w original negative(s) glass. 2 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1983-1998

From: Shephard, Wayne, active 1990-2001: Papers relating to Wellington buildings

Reference: 2007-116-032

Description: File comprises Archive of Wellington Architecture research forms. Some forms include newspaper cuttings. Copy of James Mckenzie's report on the Courtenay Place Precinct to the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (1984). Selected names indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1955

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

Reference: Plans-91-1205

Description: Shows ground first and second floor plans, elevation of side wall, front elevation, section of columns. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on tracing paper, 470 x 625 mm.

Date: [ca 24 August 1988]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Hunter, Martin, active 1980s

Reference: EP/1988/3347-F

Description: Community Constable Greg Hikaka with retailer Ratilal Patel, Courtenay Place, Wellington. Photographed ca 24 August 1988 by Evening Post staff photographer Martin Hunter. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35 mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1860 - 1880

From: Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :Album. [1860s?]

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: E-297-018

Description: St John's Presbyterian Church, Willis Street in the foreground, viewed from behind and above, and the view looking down Dixon Street towards Mount Victoria. Te Aro Hotel and Jameson's Cooperative Store are clearly identified on opposite corners of Willis and Dixon Streets. Photograph numbered554 Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph 135 x 205 mm glued to album page 177 x 225 mm

Date: [ca 1980s-1990s]

From: Shephard, Wayne, fl 1990-2001 :Photographs of Wellington buildings

Reference: PA12-5971

Description: Photographs of buildings at 11-57 Courtenay Place, Wellington, taken ca 1980s-1990s by Wayne Shephard. Includes views of McDonald's, Westpac, Courtenay Chambers, Sun Wah Chinese Restaurant, Paramount Theatre, Bar-B-Q King Restaurant, Diamond Restaurant, Stewarts Building, Athenic Buildings, The National Bank, and the Albion. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparency slides

Date: 1974

From: Fearnley, Charles James, 1915-1988 :Photographs of New Zealand buildings

Reference: 1/4-075387-F

Date: 1928

By: Stewart Hardware Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-TOOLS-1928-01

Description: Includes lists and illustrations of merchandise available, including adzes, augers, awls, axes, bits, mitre boxes, braces, chisels, chucks, clamps, files, gimlets, irons, lamps, planes, squares, tapes, plasterers' tools, trowels, spanners, taps, wrenches, vices, etc. Other Titles - Stewart's Hardware Ltd, the leading tool and hardware house, Courtenay Place, Wellington Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 104 pages, each 242 x 189 mm. Provenance: Purchased from New Zealand Books online auction, 23 May 2006.

Date: 19 April 2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Nicholson, John, active 1997

Reference: EP/2000/1208-F

Description: Bruce Cunningham and his grandson Sammy Sadler selling poppies on Poppy Day, Courtenay Place, Wellington . Photographs taken 19 April 2000 by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson. Quantity: 2 colour original negative(s) strips with 6 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm

Date: 1987-1993

From: Beard, James Albert, 1924- : Architectural and town planning papers

Reference: 2009-184-23/1

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1967

From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]

By: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978; Cabot, Beatrice Eliza, 1894-1981

Reference: Eph-C-CABOT-MUSIC-1967-01

Description: Arrangement of text and portraits of entertainers. These include: Peter Sinclair, Sandy Edmonds, Mr Lee Grant, Herma Keil, The Chicks, The Underdogs, Bobby Davis, and Sonny Day. There are smaller photos of Roger Skinner, Billy Karatiana, Jimmy Hill, and Brian Henderson. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 510 x 380 mm.

Date: [ca 25 Feb 1995]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Reid, Philip John, 1954-

Reference: EP/1995/0576-F

Description: Courtenay Place, Wellington, showing verandah signs advertising businesses, particularly restaurants. Signs for Axolotl Cafe and Kong & Hoi chinese takeaway are in the foreground. Photographs taken circa 25 February 1995 by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid. Quantity: 2 colour original negative(s) strips with 6 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negatives, 35mm

Date: 1986-1987

From: Beard, James Albert, 1924- : Architectural and town planning papers

Reference: 2009-184-22/4

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1964

From: Ashton, John Hammond, 1917-2010 :Negatives

Reference: 35mm-40508-19-F

Description: Main entrance to the Opera House, Courtenay Place, Wellington, during the New Zealand Ballet Company production of Petrouchka, photographed in 1964 by John Ashton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) individual image on 120 strip. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative

Date: 14 March 1968

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1968/1133-F

Description: View of Courtenay Place, Wellington, and Downstage Theatre from the Embassy Theatre Building. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 14th of March 1968. Photograph taken to show the Downstage Theatre site in context which was thought to be the most favoured location for the new Hannah Playhouse. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 2002

By: Mermaid Bar (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-TAVERN-2002-01

Description: An arrangement of text, advertising the Mermaid Bar in Courtenay Place. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on flier.. Physical Description: Photolithograph on flier 45 x 212 mm.

Date: 3 May 1967

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1967/2435-F

Description: Victoria University students taking part in a capping stunt, on the roof of the Taj Mahal, Courtenay Place, Wellington, watched by a large crowd. Police are climbing the roof on ladders to arrest the students. Photograph taken 3 May 1967 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 2 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm